Codebook for for ``On Whose Door to Knock?  Lobbyists' Strategic Pursuit of Access to Members of Congress."

LDAsurveydata.csv (attribute-levels, task-level randomizations, and respondent outcomes)
--stage-legislative stage at which task is situated
--pty-party affiliation of member of Congress
--num_const-level of latent support for the organized interest in the member's district
--position-member's stated position on the proposal
--cmte-whether member is on the committee of jurisdiction for the proposal
--mov-member's margin of victory in their last election
--PAC-whether and how much the interest donated to the member in the last electoral cycle
--cosponsor-whether the member is a cosponsor of the proposal
--cmteldr--whether the member has a leadership position on the committee of jurisdiction
--ranking-respondent's five-point ordinal level of interest in meeting with the member
--choice-whether respondent chose member as more attractive target
--respondent-respondent ID
--issue-substantive policy area in which task is situated
--uniqid-uniquue respondent-task-profile identifier

sample_data.csv (descriptive data for full sample of lobbyists solicited to participate in survey)
--ResponseID-respondent ID
--Isfirm-whether the respondent works for their client directly or for a firm
--Amount-expenditures listed on the LDA report on which the respondent was listed as a point of contact
--CRPcat--substantive categorization of the respondent's client/employer according to the Center for Responsive Politics
--RegisteredLobbyist--whether the respondent is a registered lobbyist listed on the sampled LDA form

resp.data.csv (descriptive data collected from respondents)
--Gender-respondent gender
--Age-respondent age (4-point scale)
--Education-respondent education (5-point scale)
--Race-respondent race
--Income-respondent income (6-point scale)
--Ideology-respondent ideology (7-point scale)
--PID3-respondent party identification (3-point scale)
--PID7-respondent party identification (7-point scale)
--Years_Experience
--PrevExp_MemCongress-does the respondent indicate having previously been a member of Congress?
--PrevExp_CongStaff--does the respondent indicate having previously been a congressional staffer?
--PrevExp_PresApp--does the respondent indicate having previously been a presidential appointee?
--PrevExp_Bureaucrat--does the respondent indicate having previously been a civil servant?
--PrevExp_Bureaucrat--does the respondent indicate having previously been an employee of the Executive Office of the President?
--PrevExp_Other--does the respondent indicate another type of previous experience not otherwise described?
--PrevExp_None--does the respondent have no previous government experience?
--CurrPosition--what is the respondent's current position with their client/organization?
--ResponseID-respondent ID